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M56 crash J7–J6

Crash on the M56 at J7–J6 on Wednesday 4 November 2026, from 15:27. Cleared at 16:27 after 1 h. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status
Cleared 16:27 on 4 Nov 2026, after 1 h
Location
M56 J7–J6
Reported as
Queueing traffic
At its worst
Stationary traffic · delay ~36 min
Sources
TomTom
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Timeline

  1. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~13 min
  2. TomTom: delay now ~23 min (was ~13)
  3. TomTom: now says collision, delay now ~36 min (was ~23), “Stationary traffic, Incident”
  4. TomTom: delay now ~9 min (was ~22), “Queuing traffic, Incident”
  5. TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Incident”
  6. TomTom: delay now ~5 min (was ~11), “Slow traffic, Incident”
  7. TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”
  8. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  9. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  10. TomTom no longer reports it
  11. All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

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